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16. CHAEMEPELIA PASSERINA TROCHILA (Bonaparte). 
Ortolan. 
Twelve adult and half-grown specimens from Sees August 25th 
to September Ist. 
On the east coast of Guadeloupe, in the lowlands of the north coast, 
and all over Grande Terre, the little Ground Dove is abundant. It 
is the commonest bird in the cane-fields, and in spite of its small size 
the natives snare great numbers for food. 
Long after the young have been fully fledged, the parent birds stay 
with them. These family groups feed together about) the edges of 
the cane-fields. While on the island I never saw an Ortolan that was 
not associated with its family flock. 
17. GEOTRYGON MARTINICA (Linné). 
Perdrix Rouge. Perdrix Gris. 
_One adult female from Goyave, August 20th. 
Few of the chasseurs of Guadeloupe know that the Perdrix Rouge 
is the male and the Perdrix Gris the female of one and the same species, 
but all agree that both are nearly extirpated from the island. The 
habits of this species are similar to those of Geotrygon mystacea but 
unlike that species it seems to have been unable to adapt its habits to 
the introduced Mongoose. Today it is probably the rarest bird on 
Guadeloupe but fifteen or twenty years ago it was abundant and 
was considered excellent game. 
18. GEOoTRYGON MysTACEA (Linné). 
Perdrix Croissant. 
Fifteen adults from Nez Cassé, Ste. Rose, and Goyave, taken late 
in June, in July, and August. 
Since the introduction of the Mongoose all of the species of Per- 
drix have suffered because they build their nests near the ground and 
